CoPAL meeting of 26 June 2025
The second CoPAL meeting for the year, held online on 26 June 2025, became a platform for rich information-sharing among key scholars in languages and linguistics.
Mr Johan Blaauw, Chairperson of the South African Translators’ Institute (SATI), shared information on the institute, alongside Dr Yanga Majola, Senior Lecturer: Applied Languages at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), who spoke about both the Names Society of Southern Africa (NSSA) and the Linguistic Society of Southern Africa (LSSA).
Their inputs were followed by a presentation titled Collaborate on Africanisation in Education by Ms Yanelisa Pulani of the African Research Society at the University of Cape Town (UCT). The latter triggered a rigorous discussion on the role of Africanisation in shaping teaching and learning.
Thereafter, members from the Central University of Technology (CUT), the University of Fort Hare (UFH) and the Vaal University of Technology (VUT) then reported on their institutions’ language activities, ongoing efforts to promote multilingualism, and milestones realised in the development of African Languages.
See below for the presentations shared at this meeting.
Meeting: Community of Practice for African Languages (CoPAL)
Date: 26 June 2025
Time: 10:00 – 13:00
Chairperson: Professor Nobuhle Hlongwa, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Deputy Chairperson: Professor Lolie Makhubu-Badenhorst, University of Cape Town
- View the agenda document
- Information sharing
- NIHSS funding update – Professor Lolie Makhubu-Badenhorst
- UFS Second International Conference Call for papers – Dr T Hlongwa
- Progress on the Implementation of the MTBBE in Schools – Mr Xhanti Mhlubulwana, Chief Director: National Language Unit, Department of Basic Education (DBE)
- CASAS Book Series 137: Boithuto, Ntlafatso, Poloko le Ntshetsopele ya Puo ya Sesotho: Bahlophisi [Editors]: Rethabile M. Possa le ’Matumo C. Ramafikeng. Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society (CASAS), University of the Western Cape (UWC).